Write-Ins Define Cheyenne County 1970 Primary
Voter turnout lagged as 2,441 ballots were cast from 5,142 registered voters. Republicans led in turnout while write-ins shaped several contests including Dalton town board and Lodgepole village board. Absentee votes totaled 62, not altering the county race outcomes.
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Cheyenne County
Ralph Englert
Englert
American Party
George Elwood
Dalton
Town District School Board
Lodgepole
Doug Boyd
Raymond Lessman
Suspect Arrested With 138000 Dollar Marijuana Stash
Federal agents seize 5 pounds of brick type marijuana valued at 138000 dollars from a car stopped by Trooper Richard Larsen on Highway 30 near Kimball. Robert J. Sanchez 29 of Maywood California arraigned in Kimball County jail for possession. Bobby Clinkenbeard led the Patrel drug division investigation.
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Kimball
Wedee
Richard Larsen
Robert J. Sanchez
Maywood
Calif
Sanchez
California
Kimball County
Bobby Clinkenbeard
Patrel Drug Division
Oil Search Is Slower This Year
Nebraska oil activity slows with competition from Wyoming Montana and eastern Colorado. Permits issued for four new wells and a fifth expected. Hareman No 6 in Kimball may become a commercial producer. March output near one million barrels monthly at 32 054 barrels per day. No. 1 Gen in Cheyenne County northeast of Sidney completed for potential 60 barrels per day.
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Nebraska
Denverdalesburg
Colorado
Denver
Wyoming
Montana
Banner
Kimball
Cheyenne
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Dawes County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Hareman
Kimball County
Commission
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Double M Ol] Co
Oil Well Tests Under Way Near Cheyenne County
Testing at the Nor Underdown well in southwest Cheyenne County began this morning with reports suggesting favorable prospects for production. The offset to a nearby well has averaged about 100 barrels per day, while the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission had no reports on testing results up to noon today.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Qcs and Gas Conservation Commission
Belden Elected State Vice President in Jaycees
Mrs. Ben Belden, Sidney Jaycees president, was chosen as a Nebraska state vice president at the State Jaycee and Mrs. Jaycee convention in Grand Island. She also will compile state scrapbooks and led the local group receiving several program certificates.
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Ben Belden
Judy Henning
Crete
Jaycees
Judi Frehouf
Scottsbluff
L.P. A. Association
Ruth McCash
Gering
Dick Olsen
Bellevue
Larry Hendrickson
John Maline
Chadron
Dwaine Heimbauch
Bayard
Chuck Baumgartner
Dean Larabee
Jaycee
Belden
Gerad Tremain
Rogert Jorgensen
One Car Crash at Sportsman Liquor Parking Drive
Sidney police investigated a Sunday night one car accident on the parking drive at Sportsman Liquor. Lucile Fisher of 2044 Maple pulled from the driveway and hit a steel post guarding a planter, causing about 100 dollars damage to her car with no damage estimate for the post.
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Sidney
Sportsman Liquor
Lucile Fisher
Fisher
Warm Sunday Brings Early Summer Feel in Western Nebras ka and Colorado
The region saw a high of 90 degrees in Sidney with an official 88 in the morning, promising a warm spell through Thursday. Moisture and sun are expected to boost spring crops, grasslands, and hay meadows as winter wheat progresses toward a big crop, despite some cutworms and a few diseases.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Sidney
Panhandle Forecast Calls for Fair Weather and Warm Temps
Generally fair conditions dominate this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with a slight chance of isolated afternoon thunder showers. Highs in the 80s and nights near 50. Rain chance five percent each period. Extended outlook shows partly cloudy skies and a cooling trend with highs from 50 to 70 and lows from 40 to 70 through Friday.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Parole Violator Taken In Custody
A 33 year old man wanted for parole violation in Michigan was arrested by Trooper Richard Larsen at 11 15 a m Friday one mile east of the Dix junction on Highway 30. Earl D Thompson Alma Michigan on parole for no account checks was stopped during a routine search and found to be wanted. He was taken to the Kimball county jail.
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Michigan
Richard Larsen
Dix
Earl D. Thompson
Alma
Mich
Thompson
Kimball County
VFW and Legion Back Nixon on Cambodia Stand
Nebraska VFW senior vice commander Marion Whitaker reports that the VFW and the American Legion have united in support of President Nixon’s Cambodia policy. They urge members and the public to write Congress in Washington expressing support for decisive action to end the Vietnam conflict.
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Marion Whitaker
Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Ray Gallagher
Redfield
S. C
American Legion
Nixon
Cambodia
Vietnam
Whitaker
Auxi
Ary
Washington, D. C
Damage Heavy Sunday In Two One-Car Upsets
Trooper Jack Robinson of the Nebraska State Patrol reports two Sunday accidents both one car incidents with heavy damage and injuries. The first occurred at 12 30 a m on a county road 18.2 miles east of Dalton a 1957 Chevrolet station wagon driven by Michael L White 19 Steam Boat Springs Colo eastbound went out of control on a curve rolled over and landed in the north borrow pit White sustained a sprained ankle and bruises but the two passengers were not injured the vehicle was a total loss. The second at 10 p m Sunday three miles east of the Vo Tech school a 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Gayle L Martin 25 Stelnaurer Neb a Vo Tech student westbound went out of control on a corner rolled over once and then swung end over end twice Martin was pinned under the car for a moment until two motorists stopped lifted the car off him and took him to Memorial Hospital in Sidney Seat belts were not used.
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Jack Robinson
Nebraska State Patrol
Dalton
Michael L. White
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Borrow Pit
White
Martin
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Miss Poppy Susan Reed Promotes County Poppy Day
Susan Reed portrays Miss Poppy to urge county residents to wear a poppy in memory of fallen soldiers and to support the American Legion Auxiliary’s Poppy Program. Poppy Day is Friday with Susan helping distribute poppies in Potter alongside unit members. The program funds disabled veterans and their families, with more than 300000 dollars raised annually.
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Susan Reed
American Legion Auxiliary
Susan
Potter
America
Gordon Reed
Sharp Population Decline Tests Cheyenne County Leaders
Cheyenne County faces a 28.5 percent population drop from 14 828 in 1960 to 10 552 in 1970 with Sidney and Kimball County also shrinking. Officials blame Sioux Army Depot closure, farm-population decline, and fading field work, as they seek federal help and strategies from the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce to spur growth.
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Cheyenne County
Kimball County
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
University of Nebraska School of Business Administration
Big Springs I-80 Junction deemed OK by publisher
Bob Pinkerton publisher of The Western Nebraska Observer in Kimball says the Big Springs I-80 junction is clearly marked and safe. He photographed the site last week showing signs indicate lanes for south or west and a right two lane curve to stay on I-80. He notes signage guides drivers from four miles out and avoids confusion about Denver or Sidney routes.
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Big Springs
Bob Pinkerton
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball
Pinkerton
Denver
Sidney
Cheyenne
New Council Takes Over After Brief City Meeting
Sidney’s retiring council meets for a short agenda before turnover to the new board. George Elwood and Edward Bauman depart. Robert Hossle is reelected while Edward Haupt and John Gottschalk are elected. Gottschalk must resign from the planning commission. Old council to review county vote tally, treasurer’s report, bids for sidewalks on 19th and 24th Avenues, and approve minutes. New council will elect president and vice chairman, then appoint city manager, city clerk, planning commission, and housing authority members. Planning commission to convene after adjournment.
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Sidney
George Elwood
Edward Bauman
Robert Hossle
Edward Haupt
John Gottschalk
Gottschalk
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Housing Authority
Third District Farm Total Falls 4032 Since 1965
U S congressman Dave Martin notes Nebraska third district farm counts dropped from 63 978 in 1965 to 59 946 in 1969 a 6 3 percent decline and says cropland totals remained largely steady at about 12 068 016 acres out of 20 014 208 statewide, despite fewer farms.
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Washington, D.C
Dave Martin
ASCS
Martin
Nebraska
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Rev. C. Vander Stoep
Dale Flora
Unit 19
Elna Heizer
Ed Schinzel
Everett Kurth
Ted Panas
Duke Deaver
Gene Pelster
John Heizer
Glenn Fraass
Dick Smith
H. W. Quinn
Roy Grimes
Bart Bondegard
Howard Hurst
Robert Stuff
Carl Cooper
Jack Knicely
John Peetz Jr
Milt Nissen
Kermit Brumbaugh
Terry Carpenter
Congress
Loren Block
Charles Weir
Mrs. Belden
Susan Bale
Lodgepole High School
United States
Telegraph
Ethel Belden
Legion Back
Poppy
Council
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